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Drawn
by
.H.
Bumstead
THE BASIN OF THE AMAZON, THE WORLD'S GREATEST RIVER
The Rice Expedition began its exploration of the Amazon Valley by hydroplane at Manaos. The route
followed
was:
Up
the
Negro
toCarvoeiro,
thence up the Branco to Boa Vista, then to Boa Esperanca on the Uraricoera. The party continued along
this
roaring
river
tothe
confluence
ofthe
Parima and the Aracasa, and up the former to its source in the Serra Parima (see pages 353 to 420). For
anaccount
ofthe
wild
life
and
vegetation
of the Amazon Basin, see pages 444-463.
.
of the Amazon
Basin,
see
pages
444-463.
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